REPORT: Man picks up woman from hospital after injury, attacks her

Published: Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 09:17 PM.

NICEVILLE - A 48-year-old man is charged with picking a woman up from the hospital, taking her to his home and attacking her.

Niceville police were called to Twin Cities Emergency Room for a domestic battery on June 6, according to the arrest report. The victim said she’d been at the hospital earlier for a back injury she’d gotten from falling in the shower.

She said she called Christopher Anthony Baum to pick her up from the hospital, the report said. Baum took her to his home, where he then began questioning her about why she was there.

She told him that he had brought her there and he demanded she leave, but took her purse, according to the report. She asked for her purse, but Baum refused to give it to her.

When she tried to grab it, Baum grabbed her by both arms and threw her onto the bed, the report said. He repeatedly threw her on the bed as she tried to leave and spit in her face.

She was finally able to leave and called someone else to pick her up down the road, according to the report. Officers noted that she had fresh and “substantial” bruises on her arms.

Baum was arrested on Aug. 1 and is charged with battery.

His next scheduled court date is Aug. 19.

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NICEVILLE - A 48-year-old man is charged with picking a woman up from the hospital, taking her to his home and attacking her.

Niceville police were called to Twin Cities Emergency Room for a domestic battery on June 6, according to the arrest report. The victim said she’d been at the hospital earlier for a back injury she’d gotten from falling in the shower.

She said she called Christopher Anthony Baum to pick her up from the hospital, the report said. Baum took her to his home, where he then began questioning her about why she was there.

She told him that he had brought her there and he demanded she leave, but took her purse, according to the report. She asked for her purse, but Baum refused to give it to her.

When she tried to grab it, Baum grabbed her by both arms and threw her onto the bed, the report said. He repeatedly threw her on the bed as she tried to leave and spit in her face.

She was finally able to leave and called someone else to pick her up down the road, according to the report. Officers noted that she had fresh and “substantial” bruises on her arms.